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7 December 2018 | London

Bloomberg
Crypto Summit: Focus on 2019

The volatile journey of virtual currencies and the absence of a consistent global regulatory regime continue to be viewed with scepticism by mainstream banks and investors.
10 years after the first cryptocurrencies emerged, the question of what the future holds for this unique asset class remains. Is crypto here to stay, but only appeal to short-term investors looking to get rich quick? Will any cryptocurrency become universally accepted? Could one of these ever be used as the much-hyped single global currency? Bloomberg brings in subject-matter experts and leading industry players to discuss crypto’s future in 2019, and what needs to be done to pique mainstream investor interest in this global disruptive phenomenon.
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December 7 - Friday

8:30 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:30 am

Welcome Remarks

Host

9:35 am

Opening Remarks

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9:45 am

Temporary Fad or a Powerful Innovation: Taking Crypto into the Financial Mainstream

The lack of any comprehensive regulation for virtual currencies in the US and major European markets has stifled the nascent but fast-growing crypto industry. Should the regulators focus their attempts on taming the “wild west” and which parts of the crypto-world should be regulated? What can the industry expect from regulators? Should the financial establishment itself look into on how it can better interact with cryptocurrencies?  Will 2019 become the year of regulatory reform for the crypto ecosystem, finally creating a more mature market?

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10:20 am

Institutional Money in Crypto

The disruptive force of digital currencies has certainly created exciting entrepreneurial ideas and attracted short-term players. When will the institutional smart money enter crypto? What barriers need to be removed and what infrastructure needs to be in place for mainstream investors to consider cryptocurrencies?

 

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10:55 am

The Value of Bitcoin: Introducing the First Cryptocurrency Asset Pricing Model

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11:10 am

Coffee Break

11:40 am

Stable Coins: a Volatility Cure-All?

Cryptocurrency’s wild volatility and unexpected swings is one of the factors preventing its wider adoption. Could stable coin, which is pegged to national currencies, potentially solve crypto’s instability challenges, and assist virtual currencies in becoming globally adopted for trade, or would it defeat crypto’s primary advantages of decentralisation and democratisation? Our panel discusses the most likely outcome.

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12:10 pm

Bloomberg Intelligence Presentation on Regulating Financial Crime Risk

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12:20 pm

Security Tokens: the Next Hype Cycle?

Backed by a tangible asset, security tokens are being hyped as a catalyst for revolutionising and democratising the investment space. The challenge for tokens is determining how they can be regulated if they still haven’t been legally defined. What are the legal boundaries of fractional ownership of a security token it if belongs to a decentralised system? Is the euphoria around security tokens yet another example of the high hopes for crypto to transform the world of finance? Is this product a competitor for IPOs, due to a lower fee structure? How does this compare and contrast to an ICO?

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1:00 pm

Trading Crypto: Where's the opportunity?

Sweden was first and now it’s happening in Switzerland. Exchanges in Europe are listing securities that track the value of one or more cryptocurrencies. But where’s the opportunity when crypto is in freefall? Some traders are finding new ways to make money from the nascent asset class.

 

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1:30 pm

Closing remarks

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1:35 pm

Networking Lunch

Speakers

Nejra Cehic

Anchor Bloomberg Television and Radio

Daniel Skowronski

CEO DX.Exchange

Alastair Marsh

Reporter, Finance and Technology Bloomberg News

Marieke Flament

Global CMO & EMEA Managing Director Circle

Ryan Radloff

CEO CoinShares

Jan Brzezek

CEO & Founder Crypto Finance Group

Hany Rashwan

Co-Founder & CEO Amun AG

Edward Robinson

Senior Writer Bloomberg News

James Bevan

CIO CCLA Investment Management

Yves Choueifaty

President & CIO Tobam

Nigel Brahams

Partner Collyer Bristow LLP

Christina Frankopan

Partner Fabric Ventures & Lead on Special Projects, Colony

Emiliano Pagnotta

Assistant Professor of Finance Imperial College Business School

Lewis Fellas

CIO Bletchley Park Asset Management

Pinar Emirdag

SVP, Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation State Street Corporation

Ashleigh Schap

Business Development MakerDAO

Sarah Jane Mahmud

Senior Regulatory Analyst Bloomberg Intelligence

Myles Milston

Founder & CEO Globacap

Tom Pocock

Co-Founder & CEO AZTEC Protocol & CreditMint

Andrew Peel

Head of Digital Asset Markets Morgan Stanley

Irfon Watkins

Founder & CEO DOVU

Will Hadfield

Market Structure Reporter Bloomberg

Aliya Itzkowitz

Head of Research Enigma Securities

Michael Lie

Head of Crypto Trading Flow Traders

Laurent Kssis

CEO XBT Provider AB

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